Usually means: Treat with phenol for disinfection.
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  1. carbolize: Merriam-Webster
  2. carbolize: Collins English Dictionary
  3. carbolize: Wordnik
  4. carbolize: Wiktionary
  5. carbolize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. carbolize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. carbolize: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Carbolize, carbolize: Dictionary.com
  9. Carbolize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. carbolize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Carbolize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. carbolize: FreeDictionary.org
  13. carbolize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (carbolize)

▸ verb:  (medicine, transitive) To wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.

Similar:
carbolise, carbonylate, carbamylate, carburate, carbamidomethylate, carbamoylate, decarbonylate, salicylate, carboxylate, cyanize, more...

Opposite:
decarbolize, decarbonize, de-carbonize

Types:
decarboxylate, more...

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Similar:
carbolise, carbonylate, carbamylate, carburate, carbamidomethylate, carbamoylate, decarbonylate, salicylate, carboxylate, cyanize, more...

Opposite:
decarbolize, decarbonize, de-carbonize

Types:
decarboxylate, more...



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